I recently visited Paris for four days, and I obviously took this chance to buy "few" cosmetics. I had surfed the net, namely Youtube and blogs, on my quest to find French cosmetics that are not available (or that are much more expensive) in Spain. And I obviously splurge on things out of my list.

I split my shopping in two days as the first one I managed to control myself and afterwards I felt the urgency of more. The place is a pharmacy called Citypharma, low prices and amazing range of products. I had already been there a year ago so I knew how this works: two floors offering creams, some makeup, milk powder, vitamin supplements, etc. The ground floor's shelves are super high the corridors are quite narrow, and if we add that the store is refered in travel guides, imagine how one can go through the store among a bunch of North American girls taking humongous amounts of Bioderma's Sensibio, Avene&Nuxe's are completely blocked by a crowd as if there was Mona Lisa displayed there instead of in Louvre Museum, etc. I enclose here the address of the store.

Other things I like about Citypharma are (1) instead of small baskets like in Sephora (at least in Spain) they provide customers with big plastic ones, (2) there is a security guy at the entrance helping you not to step out when other customers rush and push you, (3) many nice pharmacists are around so you can have a personal shopper, (4) the tills are placed at another exit gate so you don't have to cross cues to keep checking items, (5) they give you samples (in physical pharmacies in Spain I never got any).

5 - A-Derma - Sensiphase AR, Crème Anti-Rougeurs (13.90€, 40ml.): La historia es que el primer día me recomendaron esta y la compré, y al segunto día fuí a por algo de Lierac. Tiene amalelis, avena y FPS15. Recomendada para pieles con rojeces. / The thing is that the first day I went there they recommended me this cream, so the second day I came back and bought the Lierac cream. It has witch hazel, oats and SPF15. Recommended for skins with redness.

I'm really exited about trying out these products, but right now they are stored at the back of my cream and make-up shelf, waiting to be used. Have you ever tried any of these products? Is there any product you want me to review first?